CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189A
Receiving etc goods stolen out of New South Wales
CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189A
Receiving etc goods stolen out of New South Wales
189A Receiving etc goods stolen out of New South Wales
(1) Whosoever, without lawful excuse, receives or disposes of, or attempts to
dispose of, or has in his or her possession, any property stolen outside the
State of New South Wales, knowing the same to have been stolen, and whether or
not he or she took part in the stealing of the property, shall be liable to
imprisonment for ten years.
(2) For the purposes of this section property
shall be deemed to have been stolen if it has been taken, extorted, obtained,
embezzled, converted, or disposed of under such circumstances that if the act
had been committed in the State of New South Wales the person committing it
would have been guilty of an indictable offence according to the law for the
time being of the State of New South Wales.
(3) No person shall be liable to
conviction under this section if the taking, extorting, obtaining, embezzling,
converting, or disposing is not a criminal offence in the country in which the
act is committed.
